Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 22:26:45 -0400
Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding
Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding
From: Les Roslund
Subject: May Count in Tunis Mills and Pickering Creek
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Talbot County and other regional Birders -
Saturday May Count worked quite well over here, even though I took a =
couple of hours break around noon when the rain was the heaviest. I =
actually started at 4:50 a.m., and continued to a little after 5:00 p.m. =
The 4:50 start was to check on what early morning birds were around - =
and I was especially pleased to hear a Woodcock at that time right here =
at home. (I had not previously heard any this year). Owls and =
Chuck-wills Widows were also calling.
For the day, I ended up with a total of 91 species and 1418 =
individuals. For this area, I was happy enough about the Warblers (11 =
species), but the big addition to this year's count in both numbers and =
species was from the Pickering Creek Wetland ponds. Over there I found =
eleven species of shorebirds. =20
Highlights for the day:
Warblers - Parula, Yellow, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Pine, =
Blackpoll, Kentucky, Redstart, Ovenbird, Chat and Common Yellowthroat.
At Pickering Creek:
Shorebirds - 7 Semipalmated Plovers, 5 Killdeer, 9 Greater =
Yellowlegs, 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 3 Spotted =
Sandpipers (each at a different stage in the change to alternative =
plumage), 5 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 170 Least Sandpipers, 35 Pectoral =
Sandpipers, 12 Dunlin and 2 Short-billed Dowitchers.
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Les Roslund
lroslund@bluecrab.org
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601
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